Notices by Justin Myers (myersjustinc@mastodon.sdf.org)

As an editor, I consider one specific question to be my sidearm—the piece of kit I trust more than any other to get me and my team out of a jam:

“What do you mean by that?”

Today, Sun-Times columnist Natalie Moore applies it skillfully:
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/11/22/lets-talk-about-the-myth-of-working-class-voters-for-trump

Two of my coworkers took #Amtrak's new (temporary) service for its inaugural run all the way from Chicago to Miami a few days ago.

All 48+ hours of it.

In coach, because public media isn't exactly flush with cash.

Here's what they saw and experienced along the way:
https://chicago.suntimes.com/transportation/amtrak-floridian-chicago-miami-travel-log-what-to-know

(Or find it in print in this Sunday's Sun-Times, including a larger version of the route map by yours truly!)

#Railfan #Travel #TravelPhotography #Chicago #Miami #Trains #LongHaul

@inthehands
This reminds me exactly of the stuff I would say to people about "automated journalism" back when there was much wailing and gnashing of teeth over basic templated text. "The writing is the easy part!"

(This was almost 10 years ago, and LLMs hadn't hit the mainstream yet. I was at The Associated Press as "news automation editor", which meant I got lots of panicked questions from across the news industry about what this meant for reporters.)